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Day 1 - Wed: Welcome to Russia

Arrival to Moscow. You will be met, greeted and escorted to your hotel.

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Day 2 - Thu: Moscow Highlights - city tour and Tretyakov Gallery

Today we offer you some insights into the rich history of Moscow.

Then step into Red Square to view the famous landmarks including the Savior Tower, Kremlin walls, GUM department store, the State Historical Museum and Lenin’s Mausoleum.

Drive around the Kremlin and when visit Poklonnaya Hill (Bow Hill) – commemorating the events of World War II. Enter the Synagogue and the Museum of Jewish Heritage and Holocaust.

Have the kosher lunch and then visit the Old Tretyakov Gallery – the main museum housing a collection of Russian art from the XII to the XX century.

Take a Metro ride with your guide and stop to explore the grandeur of its most impressive stations.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

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Day 3 - Fri: Jewish Moscow

This tour is devoted to visiting places connected with the cultural, religious and political life of the Moscow Jewry. You will be taken to places associated with prominent Jewish intellectuals, such as Mandelshtam, Michoels, Isaak Levitan, Lazar Poliakov, and Leo Trotsky. Learn about the Pale of Settlement and about the first generation of Soviet Jews, their idealistic ideas of the Revolution’s internationalism, that promised to eradicate all national prejudice and inequalities. Get acquainted with the life of the Jewish community in Moscow and visit the Jewish Museum and Tolerance Center.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

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Day 4 - Sat: Kremlin day

Enter the Kremlin walls to feel the country’s past and present. The Kremlin is an old fortress and the most important historical and political center of Russia.

Visit the Armory Chamber – the treasury of Russian tsars that houses a collection of unique jewelry, court regalia, armor, coronation dresses, golden carriages, and some of the fabulous and priceless Easter Eggs by Karl Faberge.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

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Day 5 - Sun: Back in USSR – Rail to St. Petersburg

Meet your guide in the lobby of the hotel for the KGB tour. Visit the places connected with the time of great repression and fear. Step on Lubyanka Square to see a memorial to the victims of political repression – Solovetsky Stone. Then visit Donskoy Monastery and Cemetery where the victims of repression were buried. Learn what it was like to live under the KGB’s watchful eye in Russia. Walk in the Park of Arts Muzeon – one of the largest Russian outdoor museums where the statues of disgraced leaders share their place with diverse creations by contemporary sculptors.

Later you will be transferred to Leningradsky railway station to board the rapid train Sapsan to St. Petersburg. Upon arrival at St. Petersburg check in to your hotel.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

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Day 6 - Mon: St. Petersburg – The City of Tsars and Revolutions

After breakfast join the tour of the northern capital of Russia. First of all, view the Palace square and take in the spectacular panorama of the General Staff building, Alexander column, and the Hermitage. Then the city tour will feature the impressive St. Isaac’s Cathedral, Bronze Horseman statue of Peter the Great and splendid view of the city from the Spit of Vasilievsky Island. Follow your guide to the oldest part of the city – Peter and Paul Fortress where the town of Peter started in 1703. Continue past the Field of Mars and the Summer Gardens to the most famous church in the city the Church of Our Savior on the Spilled Blood.

After kosher lunch walk along the Nevsky prospect, lively at any time of day and night – the most elegant avenue lined with palaces and mansions.

You’ll have time to refresh back at the hotel before the performance. Enjoy the evening program (Ballet/Opera/Folk dance show/Classic music) – the schedule is subject to change.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

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Day 7 - Tue: The Hermitage and Jewish St. Petersburg

This morning go to the Palace square. A highlight of your stay is a guided visit to the famous Hermitage Museum with its masterpieces by hundreds of artists including Renoir, Da Vinci, and Matisse. The State Hermitage occupies six magnificent buildings and is one of the oldest and largest art galleries in the world. It is estimated that you would need eleven years to view each exhibit on display for just one minute!

Then visit the beautiful Big Choral Synagogue and Jewish Community center. Enjoy a delicious lunch there.

Learn more about the history of St. Petersburg’s Jewish community on this tour. From the era of Peter the Great to today, the Jewish community has faced difficulties and hard times. The Revolution brought great opportunity and equality to the Russian Jews when the Pale of Settlement was abolished. We will remind you about Stalin’s repressions and the victims of WWII.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

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Day 8 - Wed: The Catherine's Palace and Peterhof fountains

Depart to the Pushkin town (Tsarskoye Selo), just outside St. Petersburg. It is famed for its majestic Catherine’s palace where Empress Catherine the Great lived and died.

Its main attractions are the mirrored Grand Ballroom and the opulent Amber Room.

Continue to the beautiful Catherine Park surrounding the palace. On your way from Pushkin see the Monument to the victims of the Holocaust – The Formula of Mourning. During the WWI there was a ghetto.

In the afternoon join an unforgettable tour to Peterhof Park – the “capital of fountains” – with the most famous Grand Cascade.

Prices

Double room $3,800 per person

Solo traveler $4,700 per person

Private Journey Travel Any Day

Double room $4,500 per person

Solo traveler $5,400 per person

Payment Conditions:Deposit: 10% of the price
Final Payment: 90 days prior to departure

Cancellation Fees: 91 days prior to departure or more: 10% of the price
90-61 days prior to departure: 20% of the price
60-31 days prior to departure: 50% of the price
30 days prior to departure or less: 100% of the price